From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During the first flight of the aircraft, the nose landing gear failed to extend to the down/locked position when the gear was extended. One of the rod ends on the extned/retract push/pull rod had bent and was broken in two. The cause of the failure was not conclusively determined. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND TO THE DOWN/LOCKED POSITION WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. ONE OF THE ROD ENDS ON THE EXTNED/RETRACT PUSH/PULL ROD HAD BENT AND WAS BROKEN IN TWO. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N7224A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.